Okay what next?

[tony]

haha i think we have made you too paranoid

seems like you are doing fine to me

[bigmoe21]

your salinity is 1.032?? thats too high

[hobogato]

no, salinity is measured in parts per thousand, 32ppt is a tiny bit low, but ok. NSW(natural sea water) ranges 33 - 35 ppt.

moe, you are thinking of specific gravity, the most common way of measuring salinity. that is usuall around 1.023 - 1.025 for NSW.

[tony]

doh ace beat me again

[atxchris1234]

250W DE Pendent
IceCap 250W Electronic ballast with wiring harness
10K Reeflux DE bulb


Okay guys, I got this setup last night, (Thanks steve!)

If you look in my tank you'll see a koralia 2. Should I go ahead and get another one of those before I start adding other things? And, can someone recommend a good protein skimmer to go with my setup?

The filter is the one that came with my setup, should I be looking to upgarde that as well?


THANKS MAAST!!!!!!!!!!!

[tony]

that is a great setup, pick up a reeflux 12k bulb to go in it now

get another koralia 2 and put it on the other end opposite the one you have. the two pointed at each other will create a sort of random current

i have a great skimmer for you. just pay charter member dues for a year ($25) and its yours

[atxchris1234]

Done. membership paid and well worth it!

[tony]

Done. membership paid and well worth it!

since you arent going to the meeting if you know someone that is i can get it to them

if not i come to austin fairly regularly to get my frys fix and now that ive been turned on to eddie v's downtown ill probly make a lot more trips haha

[tony]

oh, and here is your new skimmer (bakpak 2 with an accela pump)

http://www.cprusa.com/products/bakpaks.html

[bigmoe21]

sorry about the salinity/sg mix up..i had a koraila 2 on my 29 but it just made too much flow for me..my fox coral wouldnt open up anymore..but with that light im guessing ur maybe gonna do more sps? not sure i just know those things work really well! i cant imagine what kind of turbulance two would have caused! :-)